2006 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I

The European and African Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2006.

In the European and African Zone there were four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.

Participating teams

Draw

  2nd round play-offs
22–24 September
1st round play-offs
21–23 July
1st round
10–12 February
2nd round
7–9 April
                                     
 
    S   Czech Republic  
     bye     Oujda, Morocco (clay)
    Morocco       S   Czech Republic 5
   bye       Morocco 0
    Morocco
  Marrakech, Morocco (clay)      bye  
    Morocco 2  
    Portugal 3    
    S   Italy  
     bye     Torre del Greco, Italy (clay)
 bye       S   Italy 5
    Portugal   Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg (indoor hard)     Luxembourg 0
    Portugal 1
      Luxembourg 4  
  Ramat Hasharon, Israel (hard)
      Israel 1  
  Eastbourne, UK (grass)     Serbia and Montenegro 4     Glasgow, UK (indoor carpet)
    Israel 3         Serbia and Montenegro 3
  S   Great Britain 2     S   Great Britain 2
   bye
  Odessa, Ukraine (clay)     S   Great Britain  
  S   Great Britain 3  
    Ukraine 2    
     bye  
      Ukraine     Kiev, Ukraine (indoor carpet)
  Ukraine         Ukraine 1
   bye     S   Belgium 4
   bye
    S   Belgium  
Morocco and Ukraine
relegated to Group II in 2007.
Czech Republic, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, and Belgium
advance to World Group Play-off.

First Round Matches

Luxembourg vs. Portugal


Luxembourg
4
National Tennis Centre, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[1]
10 – 12 February 2006
Hard (indoor)

Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Portugal
Laurent Bram
Rui Machado
5
7
4
6
2
6
     
2 Luxembourg
Portugal
Gilles Müller
Frederico Gil
6
2
6
1
6
4
     
3 Luxembourg
Portugal
Gilles Müller / Mike Scheidweiler
Frederico Gil / Leonardo Tavares
4
6
6
3
7
5
6
1
   
4 Luxembourg
Portugal
Gilles Müller
Rui Machado
77
63
77
62
6
1
     
5 Luxembourg
Portugal
Gilles Kremer
Gonçalo Nicau
68
710
6
4
6
4
     

Israel vs. Serbia and Montenegro


Israel
1
Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[2]
10 – 12 February 2006
Hard

Serbia and Montenegro
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Dudi Sela
Janko Tipsarević
63
77
6
2
0
6
4
6
   
2 Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Noam Okun
Novak Djokovic
62
77
66
78
2
6
     
3 Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Ilija Bozoljac / Janko Tipsarević
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
4 Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Dudi Sela
Novak Djokovic
1
6
2
6
63
77
     
5 Israel
Serbia and Montenegro
Noam Okun
Janko Tipsarević
610
712
4
6
       

Second Round Matches

Morocco vs. Czech Republic


Morocco
0
Oujda, Morocco[3]
7 – 9 April 2006
Clay

Czech Republic
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Morocco
Czech Republic
Mounir El Aarej
Tomáš Zíb
6
2
1
6
5
7
4
6
   
2 Morocco
Czech Republic
Mehdi Tahiri
Tomáš Berdych
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
3 Morocco
Czech Republic
Talal Ouahabi / Mehdi Ziadi
Tomáš Berdych / Lukáš Dlouhý
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Morocco
Czech Republic
Mehdi Ziadi
Lukáš Dlouhý
2
6
1
6
       
5 Morocco
Czech Republic
Mehdi Tahiri
Tomáš Zíb
4
6
5
7
       

Italy vs. Luxembourg


Italy
5
Sporting Club Oplonti, Torre del Greco, Italy[4]
7 – 9 April 2006
Clay

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Luxembourg
Filippo Volandri
Gilles Kremer
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2 Italy
Luxembourg
Andreas Seppi
Laurent Bram
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
3 Italy
Luxembourg
Daniele Bracciali / Giorgio Galimberti
Laurent Bram / Gilles Kremer
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
4 Italy
Luxembourg
Filippo Volandri
Laurent Bram
6
3
6
1
       
5 Italy
Luxembourg
Giorgio Galimberti
Gilles Kremer
6
1
6
3
       

Great Britain vs. Serbia and Montenegro


Great Britain
2
Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Great Britain[5]
7 – 9 April 2006
Carpet (indoor)

Serbia and Montenegro
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Serbia and Montenegro
Greg Rusedski
Janko Tipsarević
6
3
62
77
7
5
7
5
   
2 United Kingdom
Serbia and Montenegro
Arvind Parmar
Novak Djokovic
3
6
2
6
5
7
     
3 United Kingdom
Serbia and Montenegro
Andy Murray / Greg Rusedski
Ilija Bozoljac / Nenad Zimonjić
3
6
6
3
3
6
4
6
   
4 United Kingdom
Serbia and Montenegro
Greg Rusedski
Novak Djokovic
3
6
6
4
3
6
66
78
   
5 United Kingdom
Serbia and Montenegro
Arvind Parmar
Ilija Bozoljac
7
5
6
4
       

Ukraine vs. Belgium


Ukraine
1
International Tennis Club, Kiev, Ukraine[6]
7 – 9 April 2006
Carpet (indoor)

Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ukraine
Belgium
Orest Tereshchuk
Olivier Rochus
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Ukraine
Belgium
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Kristof Vliegen
3
6
3
6
65
77
     
3 Ukraine
Belgium
Sergei Bubka / Sergiy Stakhovsky
Olivier Rochus / Kristof Vliegen
63
77
3
6
2
6
     
4 Ukraine
Belgium
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Gilles Elseneer
3
6
62
77
       
5 Ukraine
Belgium
Sergei Bubka
Stefan Wauters
77
65
3
6
710
68
     

First Round Play-offs Matches

Israel vs. Great Britain


Israel
3
International Lawn Tennis Centre, Eastbourne, Great Britain
21–23 July 2006
grass (outdoor)

Great Britain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
United Kingdom
Noam Okun
Alex Bogdanović
6
4
7
5
6
2
     
2 Israel
United Kingdom
Andy Ram
Andy Murray
6
2
6
4
5
7
2
6
3
6
 
3 Israel
United Kingdom
Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram
Jamie Delgado / Andy Murray
3
6
6
3
5
7
6
3
6
4
 
4 Israel
United Kingdom
Noam Okun
Jamie Delgado
6
3
6
4
65
77
2
6
6
3
 
5 Israel
United Kingdom
Dekel Valtzer
Alan Mackin
2
6
1
6
       

Second Round Play-offs Matches

Morocco vs. Portugal


Morocco
2
Royale Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco[7]
22 – 24 September 2006
Clay

Portugal
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Morocco
Portugal
Rabie Chaki
Gonçalo Nicau
4
6
6
3
1
6
6
3
12
10
 
2 Morocco
Portugal
Mehdi Tahiri
Frederico Gil
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
3 Morocco
Portugal
Mounir El Aarej / Mehdi Ziadi
Frederico Gil / Gonçalo Nicau
1
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Morocco
Portugal
Rabie Chaki
Frederico Gil
6
1
5
7
1
6
65
77
   
5 Morocco
Portugal
Mehdi Tahiri
Pedro Sousa
77
62
4
6
6
2
     

Great Britain vs. Ukraine


Great Britain
3
Lawn Tennis Club, Odessa, Ukraine
22 – 24 September 2006
Clay

Ukraine
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Greg Rusedski
Sergiy Stakhovsky
1
6
6
3
5
7
6
4
9
7
 
2 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Andy Murray
Oleksandr Dolgopolov
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
3 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Jamie Delgado / Andy Murray
Sergiy Stakhovsky / Orest Tereshchuck
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Andy Murray
Sergiy Stakhovsky
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
5 United Kingdom
Ukraine
Jamie Baker
Sergei Bubka
3
6
66
78
       

References

Main Draw

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